tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121459872011-12-15T02:58:02.497ZThis Blog (web log) will keep you all updated on various newsworthy astronomy and space related items. Here I will post new articles I have written, any new content I have added to my site, or anything else of interest to amateur astronomers. Feel free to submit articles to the website.gnugenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12535642817658202701noreply@blogger.comBlogger991100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12145987.post-1162382611355936832006-11-01T12:03:00.000Z2006-11-01T12:03:48.486Z

The Night Sky Observer has teamed up with Clickbank and now offers LunarPhase Pro through Clickbank, one of the premier digital download networks in the world. Because of Clickbank's low administration fees, affiliate can now earn a 50% (up from 40%) commission (approx. $18) on sales of the digital download version of LunarPhase Pro. Becoming an affiliate is free. All the information you need to

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Night Sky Observer has teamed up with Clickbank to also offer LunarPhase Pro through them. Clickbank is one of the premier digital download networks in the world. Because of their low administration fees, LunarPhase Pro affiliates can earn a 40% commission on sales of the digital download version of the software. Becoming an affiliate is free and you don't even need to have bought LunarPhase Pro.

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An explosion on the sun on Aug. 16 hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. The approaching cloud could spark a geomagnetic storm when it arrives, probably on August 18th. Sky watchers should be alert for auroras.If a storm erupts, the best displays will be at higher latitudes: e.g., Alaska, Canada, and Scandinavia. However, auroras could descend to lower latitudes, too, spreading

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Numerous well-defined dark patches resembling lakes are present in radar images of Titan's high latitudes. At Titan's frigid temperatures, about minus 180 degrees Celsius, the liquids in the lakes are most likely methane or a combination of methane and ethane."This is a big deal," said Steve Wall, deputy radar team leader at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "We've now seen a

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Radar sweeps of Saturn's moon Titan, completed just a few days ago by the Cassini spacecraft, have revealed something extraordinary: fluid-filled lakes. Researchers believe the fluid is not water, but liquid methane, a flammable hydrocarbon. See the radar images at http://spaceweather.com .

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This week, Earth is passing through a meteoroid stream from -- where? Its source is unknown. Every year in late July, the mystery stream produces a mild but pretty meteor shower, the Southern Delta Aquarids. The best time to look is Friday morning, July 28th. These meteors tend to be faint, so dark country skies are recommended.

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Yesterday (July 19th) on the sun, a magnetic filament snapped. The resulting explosion hurled a CME into space and sent beautiful waves of energy surging through the sun's atmosphere. Although the CME is not heading directly for Earth, the outskirts of the cloud might brush against Earth's magnetic field on July 23rd, causing a mild geomagnetic storm.

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Binoculars.com have some great deals on astronomy binoculars at the moment with discounts ranging from 20%-45%. Of particluar note is the Nikon 20x120 Bino-Telescope which has a 45% discount.Other highly discounted models are:Nikon 18x70 Astroluxe XLNikon 7x50 Prostar SPNikon 10x70 AstroluxeOberwerk 20x80 LightweightOther lower discounted models (20% discount) are also available. Might be a good

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The fourth installment of Science@NASA's Apollo Chronicles explains why Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin couldn't fall asleep 37 years ago in the Sea of Tranquillity.Full story here

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Version 3 of the LunarPhase Pro Moon Observer`s Software toolkit has been released. New functions have been added, including the ability to see lunar features from overhead, an inbuilt news screen that lists all the latest news stories about the moon along with moon-related podcasts and facilities to download hundreds of highly detailed Moon charts that can be panned zoomed and printed out.

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The two biggest storms on Jupiter have been converging for months, and this week they're at closest approach. So far, Red Junior and the Great Red Spot are surviving the encounter with little disruption or weakening of either storm system.See the latest images at http://spaceweather.com

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An inflatable satellite? Believe it. Genesis I, launched last week by Russia for a private aerospace firm, blew up like a balloon when it reached Earth orbit on July 12th. The mission tests an unorthodox idea, that inflatable modules might be used to build future space stations. So far so good. Although it's not the brightest object in the night sky, Genesis I can be seen making regular

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Solar activity is suddenly increasing. The biggest sunspots of the year are crossing the solar disk; one group is longer than 10 Earth diameters and poses a threat for solar flares. Meanwhile, astronomers are monitoring a large and delightfully complex prominence dancing long the sun's limb. Whether all this will translate into magnetic storms and auroras remains to be seen. Visit http://

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Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of two new moons around the distant planet Pluto. The moons were first discovered by Hubble in May 2005, but the Pluto Companion Search team probed even deeper into the Pluto system with Hubble on Feb. 15 to look for additional satellites and to characterize the orbits of the moons. In the image, Pluto is in the center

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The V2.51 upgrade for LunarPhase Pro is now available.There's a new screen called "Apogee/Perigee Phase Correlation" whichshows when the major phases (full, new, first & last quarters) occurnear Perigee or Apogee. The screen's available from the "Reports" menu.I've also upgraded the Eclipse Circumstances screen so that it nowshows the entry and exit positions of the Moon in relation to theUmbral

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A new comet is emerging in the morning sky. Comet Pojmanski has been brightening since its discovery in January and can now be found just east of Venus before sunrise. The best way to see the comet is through binoculars or a small telescope: It looks like a fuzzy 5th-magnitude star with a small tail.

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It seems that Sky Publishing Corporation, the privately held publisher of Sky & Telescope and astronomy books, announced today that it has completed the sale of its business to New Track Media LLC, an entity formed in the fall of 2005 by Stephen J. Kent and Boston Ventures. The full story is here

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A forum has been added to the Night Sky Observer website where folks can do the usual BBS thing.Since the forum is brand new, there's no threads in it yet - so get posting!The forum cam be reached at:http://forum.nightskyobserver.com

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Part 3: Issues Facing Type Ia Supernova CosmologyThe final installment of a series reporting on the Supernova Workshop sponsored by SNAP, the SuperNova/Acceleration Probe collaboration, to investigate the best ways to study dark energy with exploding stars.Supernova cosmology was founded on measurements of distant Type Ia supernovae, and high-z searches for distant supernovae have continued to

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On Friday, Jan. 27th, Saturn will be at its closest to Earth for all of 2006. Even a small telescope will show the planet's exquisite rings. Look for Saturn rising in the east at sunset (it looks like a bright yellow star) and soaring overhead at midnight. Bad weather on Friday? Don't worry. Saturn will remain close to Earth for weeks to come. You'll have many more chances to see the ringed

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NASA will honor former astronaut Michael Collins for his involvement in the U.S. space program with the presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration Award at 11 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 9 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum Space Hall, One Davis Ave., Garden City, N.Y.NASA is presenting the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the 38 astronauts who participated in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space

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NASA will honor former astronaut Edgar Mitchell for his involvement in the Apollo space program with the presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration Award at 4 p.m. EST, Sunday, Feb. 5 at the South Florida Science Museum, 4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach, Fla.NASA is presenting the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the 38 astronauts who participated in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo

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I've moved the NASA TV streamed video feed from the front page to its own page. There are other links on this page that let you get the feed in either RealPlayer or Windows Media.

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V2.45 of LunarPhase Pro has just been released. Full details of the software can be found here.LunarPhase Pro (for Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP) is a software toolkit for anyone who's interested in the moon. By using the integrated tools and the general lunar data presented on screen, you'll be able to easily see when and where the moon is, its phase for any date, when it's above the horizon and plan for

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When it comes to finding asteroids or comets that swing too close to home, the Catalina Sky Survey is currently Earth's best defense.The Catalina Sky Survey discovered more near-Earth objects (NEOs) than any other sky survey in 2005. That includes more NEOs larger than a kilometer in diameter, as well as more smaller objects that potentially threaten Earth.CSS astronomers discovered 310 NEOs, or

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Space Weather News for Jan. 11, 2006http://spaceweather.comFIREBALL ALERT: On Sunday morning, Jan. 15th, between approximately 1:56 and 1:59 a.m. PST (0956 - 0959 UT), a brilliant fireball will streak over northern California and Nevada. It's NASA's Stardust capsule, returning to Earth with samples of dust from Comet Wild 2. Observers along the flight path should have a marvelous view of this

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NASA TV and NASA Direct, Kennedy Space Center's Internet broadcasting network, will provide live New Horizons launch coverage on Jan. 17. TV and Web coverage starts at 11 a.m. EST; lift-off is scheduled for 1:24 p.m. EST. For information about NASA TV and digital downlink information on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv On Sunday at 3:30 p.m. EST, NASA presents a webcast about the mission.

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NASA's Constellation Program is making progress toward selecting aprime contractor to design, develop and build the Crew ExplorationVehicle (CEV), America's first new human spacecraft in 30 years.The agency has issued Phase II of a Request for Proposals. It is a"Call for Improvements" that incorporates the results of additionalanalysis and study. Phase II adds detailed design, development

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I've added a new NASA News video feed to the Night Sky Observer front page which streams video in real time.The video feed yo usee here is what it looks like.A new news page has also been added which gives information about the PBS Nova science documentary series (which frequently covers astronomical themes).

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I've put togther a free Astronomy Toolbar that will add a toolbar into Internet Explorer or Firefox with the following functions: - Check out the prices on various astronomy equipment and accessories - Search Google for whatever you want from within the toolbar (search histories increased to 25 in V1.2) - Highlight your search terms on the results pages that are returned - Connect to various news

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V2.42 of LunarPhase Pro has just been released. Full details of thesoftware can be found at: http://lunarphasepro.nightskyobserver.comIf you already own LunarPhase Pro and you've changed your email address in the last few months, you'll have missed the above announcement. Maybe you could email me with your current email address so I can keep you in the loop.LunarPhase Pro (for Win 98/Me/NT/2000/

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NASA will honor former astronaut Vance Brand for his involvement in the Apollo space program with the presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration Award at 9 p.m. EST (7 p.m. MST), Friday, Jan. 20 in the City Council Chambers, Longmont Civic Center, 350 Kimbark St., Longmont, Colo.NASA is presenting the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the 38 astronauts who participated in the Mercury, Gemini,

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Point of Contact: Dean Acosta, Public Affairs, 202/358-1898 Hail and Farewell from Deputy Administrator Gregory After 31 wonderful years working for the world's greatest research and exploration agency, and with some of the finest friends one could hope for, I have decided to call it a career. It is with tremendous appreciation for the opportunity my country has given me to be associated with

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Active sunspot complex 10808 (also known as Region 808) continues to impress. It is now more fully in-view and is presenting itself as a very large sunspot complex that will (if its present size persists) be visible to the unaided (protected) eye over the next week to 10 days. Aside from the very large class X17 flare reported in the last Astroalert, it has managed to produce two additional major

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NASA is hosting a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT, Monday, September 12 to announce the detection of the most distant explosion yet, a gamma-ray burst from the edge of the visible universe. Scientists detected the burst using NASA's Swift satellite. Several ground-based telescopes, including the international Southern Observatory for Astrophysical Research (SOAR) in Chile, measured the

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Today, Earth-orbiting satellites detected a major X-class solar flare coming from the sun's eastern limb. The source of the explosion is probably returning sunspot 798, which sparked strong geomagnetic storms in August. Although today's flare was not Earth-directed, explosions later this week could be as the active region turns more and more toward our planet. September, like August, could turn

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The first imagery showing the damage to NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La., is available on the Internet and will air during today's NASA TV noon EDT videofile. The Michoud facility manufactures Space Shuttle external fuel tanks.The facility received some damage to its buildings during Hurricane Katrina. First reports suggest none of the External Tanks were significantly damaged

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Working atop a range of Martian hills, NASA's Spirit rover is rewarding researchers with tempting scenes filled with evidence of past planet environments."When the images came down and we could see horizon all the way around, that was every bit as exhilarating as getting to the top of any mountain I've climbed on Earth," said Chris Leger, a rover planner at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),

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The Telescope Store has been updated and a range of 12" to 16" telescopes (from various manufacturers such as Meade, Vixen, Takahashi, etc.) are now available. The SolarMax line of H-alpha solar telescopes and accessories are also available.

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The Discovery Channel Store are having a huge Labor Day Sale with up to 75% off selected products including DVDs, electronics, BBQ gear, summer toys, and telescopes. This sale will continue through September 15th.

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This just dropped into my mailbox: Entertainment Earth is a premier retailer of action figures, toys, gifts and collectibles on the Internet and they ship worldwide. Their huge Summer Blowout Sale has just started. Select toys, figures, games and more are 50-80% off until September 6th. If that's something that's of interest you can find them here:Select Toys, Figures, Games and More 50-80% off

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V2.30 of LunarPhase Pro has just been released. Full details of the software can be found at: http://www.lunarphasepro.comLunarPhase Pro (for Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP) is an observation planninf tool for the Moon as well as an interactive lunar atlas. By using the integrated tools and the general lunar data presented on screen, you'll be able to easily see when and where the moon is, its phase for

gnugenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12535642817658202701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12145987.post-1124297085483028192005-08-17T16:43:00.000Z2005-08-17T16:44:45.486Z

The 2006 Astronomy and Space calendars have arrived. You'll find them listed at: 2006 Astronomy Calendars

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A seven-month flight to Mars began this morning for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). It will inspect the red planet in fine detail and assist future landers.An Atlas V launch vehicle, 19 stories tall with the two-ton spacecraft on top, roared away from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:43 a.m. EDT. Its powerful first stage consumed about 200 tons of fuel and

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The launch of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been postponed. The new launch window is 7:43 to 9:43 a.m. EDT, Friday, August 12.The delay was called after engineers saw an anomalous reading in the hydrogen propellant loading system on the Atlas V. There was insufficient time in the launch window to fully investigate the reading. The Atlas V vehicle is being de-tanked. The rocket will

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A number of resources on the Perseids (audio, video and websites) have been added to the Events for August 2005 section of the Skynotes page. The Perseids shower is now underway.

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The Perseid meteor shower is underway. The shower's broad peak extends from August 11th through 13th, with August 12th being best. If you get away from bright city lights and watch the sky between local midnight and dawn on Friday morning, August 12th, you can expect to see dozens to hundreds of meteors.The planet Mars is out during the Perseid meteor shower, too. It's that bright red "star"

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Some new articles have been added to the Astronomy Articles page.

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I've added a new news page that lists current stories from Scientific American. It can be accessed from the "Today's Astronomy, Space and Science News" menu at the top of each astronomy news page.

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I've added a new telescope store to the Night Sky Observer website that lists a wide selection of telescopes ranging in objective size from 2.5" to 11". There's a mixture of refractors and reflectors such as dobsonians, schmidt-cassegrains, ritchey-chretien, etc. Manufacturers include Meade, Celestron, Tele-Vue, Vixen, Takahashi and Konus.Larger telescopes will be added soon along with

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Don't forget, the Perseid meteor shower peaks on Friday morning, August 12th. No matter where you live, the best time to look will be during the hours before local dawn when the constellation Perseus is high in the sky. While August 12th is best, the nights before and after the 12th can be good, too. Even now, sky watchers are seeing occasional bright Perseids before dawn. Also, you can listen to

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The V2.23 upgrade for LunarPhase Pro has been released. Please not that this upgrade is only available to exiting Version 2 users. Version 1 users can upgrade to Version 2 at the LunarPhase Pro Support page.Thw V2.23 release contains a couple of bug fixes and some new (requested) features:New: The Lunar Explorer screen can now show the Moon's orientation as seen in the sky (it's parallactic angle

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On Friday evening, July 8th, step outside and look west toward the glow of the setting sun. You'll see Venus and, just above it, the slender crescent Moon. Now wait a bit, until the sky grows darker, and Mercury pops into view, too. It's a beautiful gathering. Visit Spaceweather.com for a sky map and more information.

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The Night SKy Observer website is undergoing a revamp at the moment and some pages are in the new dark-text-on-white-background look (easier to read) while others are in the old bright-text-on-dark-background format. It'll take a few days to the the site fully converted.A number of news pages have been added for the likes of the European Space Agency, NASA Watch, Deep Impact, etc and some of

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Well, the Deep Impact mission has been a resounding success. The impactor stuck its target right on time and ejected a bright plume of material. The first pictures have arrived back and there'll press conferences and news coverage during the day. Chechk the Deep Impact page for the latest news updates.Comet, Revised Edition by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyen

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Only a few days ago the sun was completely blank, but now it is peppered with fast-growing sunspots. So far these active regions have produced no strong solar flares, but this could change if their dynamic growth continues. Visit spaceweather.com for movies of the growing 'spots and safe solar observing tips.

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I've put together a couple of pages with up-to-date news of the upcoming Deep Impact mission to fire a large mass into Comet Tempel 1 (and see what happens!). The impact will occur on July 4th. The pages also contain a number of resources related to the mission:Deep Impact News

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Given the hour (3am), this is a quick post: Google have launched their highly anticipated full version of Google Earth, the search engine's stand-alone global map utility. The application [~10Mb] is available to download from http://earth.google.comI've put together a quick article on it at: http://www.nightskyobserver.com/Articles/google-earth-explore-search-and-discover.htmlEnjoy!

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Starry Night are offering their Complete Space & Astronomy Pack Deluxe Edition for only $29.95. This contains two CD-ROMs of Starry Night software with 50 interactive, guided tours to get you started exploring our solar system; a Deep Space Explorer CD-ROM to take you beyond the Milky Way to the outer reaches of space and the SkyTheater DVD, over an hour-and-a-half of original movies about space

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The following pages have been updated today:NewsMoonMarsSaturnSoftwareSkynotes

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I've added a new software news section into the Software Page that lists recent happings in the world of astronomy software. This will be updated on a regular basis and you'll probably find announcements of software here that you won't see anywhere else.

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New equipment review pages have been added which are accessable from the Astronomy Equipment page; the review pages include telescopes, binoculars, eyepieces, mounts, etc.A couple of new news pages have also been added - these can be found via the Astronomy & Space News page; the new pages are for the Gemini Observatory and MSNBC.LunarPhase Pro - the Swiss Army Knife of Moon Software

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The following pages have been updated today:News page - today's news added and new dedicated news pages are available from the pageSpace Tourism - new stories added.Moon page - this month's Moon data has been uploadedOn Sale at DiscoveryStore.com

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AURORA WATCH: An ongoing geomagnetic storm could spark auroras tonight bright enough to see with the unaided eye from, e.g., Canada and northern-tier US states such as Maine and Wisconsin and Washington. Dim "photographic auroras" (visible to the camera, but not to the eye) could descend to even lower latitudes. Visit spaceweather.com for updates.THE MOON AND MARS: On Tuesday morning, May 31st,

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New Astronomy and Space News Pages have been added to the Night Sky Observer site. The headlines, from various organisations are available via links at the top of the News page.More headline sources will be added over the coming days and weeks. Express RSS: In Just 5 Minutes You Can Have Hundreds of Talented WritersDoing All The Work To Keep Your Website Filled With The Latest News, Articles, And

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The Skynotes page has had the audio & video links updated for this month so there are now programmes to view and listen to such as StarStruck (Discovery Channel), Let's Talk Stars (David Levy), Jack Horkheimer's Stargazer and Patrick Moore's Skyat Night.The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire SkyAtlas of the Sky DVD

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There are another two telescopes at sale prices at Binoculars.com:DS-2080AT 80mm Refracting Telescope (with AutoStar) for $279.99ETX-105AT Astro Telescope - UHTC Coatings (with AutoStar) for $870.00

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Binoculars.com are having a closeout sale on some telescopes, amongst them some Meade 6 Inch 152ED models. The MSRP for these scopes is $8999.95 but they're being offered for $4999.95 in the sale (about a 45% saving).Here's the product description: Exquisite optical imaging combined with the most advanced German-type equatorial mounts ever made available. It has long been known that the

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The following pages have been updated today:News pageMars pageSpace Tourism pageSaturn page Issue 7 of the Photon astronomy PDF ezine is still available

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The Equipment page has been revamped so it now fits in with the design of the rest of the site and there's now an article discussing the merits of various astronomical equipment on the page. The Mars page was revamped a few days ago as well.The pages that have been updated today are:News - quite a lot of new stories todayMoon - news about the dark maria on the Moon, first lunar crescent times

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The following pages have been updated today:News pageMoon pageMars pageSpace Tourism pageSaturn News page There's now less than a day left to bid on the space memorabilia items I have foe auction on ebay

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I've posted a number of space memorabilia items on eBay which include astronaut photographs, First Day and commemorative postal covers and some signed memorabilia, notably:Buzz Aldrin signed 1960s vintage photo of himself (contains both genuine and autopen signatures)Mercury 7 Astronauts photo signed by Cooper, carpenter and SchirraFirst Day cover signed bu Apollo 12 Commander "Pete" ConradFirst

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The following pages have been updated today:News pageMars pageSpace Tourism page Don't forget that Issue 7 of the Photon astronomy ezine is now available

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The following pages have been updated today:News pageMars pageSaturn pageSpace Tourism page

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MAJOR SOLAR FLARE PROMPTS AN AURORA WARNINGThe Sun is known for producing energetic spurts of activity, even during the less active periods around the solar sunspot minimum years. We are now a little more than one year from reaching the solar minimum. The frequency of energetic solar events has diminished over the last year, as has the number of sunspots that pepper the face of the Sun. But as

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The following pages have been updated in the last day:News pageSkynotes pageArticles pageSpace Tourism pageAstrophotography pagePhoton Issue 7 Now Available

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The following pages have been updated (I'm too tired to write up the descriptions tonight!):News, Moon, Mars and Space-Tourism

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Earlier than expected, a solar wind gust hit Earth on May 7th, sparkng auroras as far south as upstate New York in the United States. The display has subsided, but might continue over Canada, Alaska and other northern latitudes tonight.

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Photon Issue 7 is now available. I've had to introduce a charge to cover production costs for the ezine as I didn't have much success lining up advertisers/sponsors for it, but this will allow me to pay contributors a small amount for their efforts. The ezine charge is $1.50 per issue or $8.00 for six issues. Details at: http://www.photonezine.comContents:Deepsky Astronomy Software Review By Rod

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The following pages have been updated today:News: today's stories include: Enter the Great Comet Crater Contest!, Cleaner air makes brighter skies and Launch rehearsal for shuttle crewMoon: Finding a source of water on the moon will be necessarywhen astronauts return thereMars: Has the Mars Polar Lander wreckage been found? Emulating the surface of Mars amd Mars Express deploys its radar

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Earth is about to glide through a stream of space dust trailing Halley's Comet, producing a mild but beautiful shower of meteors called the eta Aquarids. The shower is most intense over the southern hemisphere, where dark-sky observers might see one meteor every few minutes or so. Northern hemisphere rates are much lower but not zero. When should you look? The shower's peak spans May 5th and

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The site has undergone a minor update to its navigation menu. Not all pages have been updated - these will be fixed in the coming days, but all the major pages have been upgraded.The following pages have been updated today: News: today's stories include a mission to conquer Venus, NASA receives proposal for next spaceship and international conference probes the origins of life beyond EarthMoon:

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The following pages have been updated today: News: today's stories include confirmation from ESO on extrasolar planet, Shuttle launch delayed till July, Centaurus-A in infrared and the UK's last Skylark rocket launch is imminentMoon: prospecting for lunar waterMars: Teh Spirit rover may have found bedrcok in the Columbia Hills, Mars Express radar to be deployed in May and a rover panorama shows

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The following pages have been updated today: News: today's stories include Mira revelas its hot nature, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft spots its quarry and supercomputer to analyze space signalsMars: Europe to get its own Mars RoverSaturn: the closest picture yet of Saturn's small moon Epimetheus and sounds of Enceladus

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The following pages have been updated today: News: today's stories include what to look for in terrestrial planets, the thrills and failures of getting a cutting-edge space mission off the ground and hoe one firm to intends to produce the building blocks for a 62,000-mile-long elevator cable into outer space. Mars: News on looking for life on Mars with a future robotic rover and signs of Martian

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A new article on Building Your Own Observatory has been added to the Astronomy Articles page.

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The following pages have been updated today:News: today's stories include the the death of Philip Morrison (SETI pioneer), hot-spots on neutron stars and Hubble's 15th birthday.Moon: Today in 1962, the Ranger IV probe landed on the far side of the MoonSaturn: Hydrocarbons found in Titan's atmosphereSpace Tourism: Other states want to compete with Florida, concerns for personal spaceflight and is

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A new eBook store has been added to the Night Sky Observer Online Store. eBooks can now be purchased and downloaded immediately from anywhere in the world at prices that are cheaper than printed books, with no postal charges and no waiting for delivery. eBooks are provided in three formats:Mobipocket Reader: Pocket PC, Palm handhelds, SmartPhones, Tablet PCs, PCs, Macs, LaptopsAdobe Reader Price:

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Clearance Offer: I have a small number of Version 1 LunarPhase Pro CDs which are available for $24.95 (same price as LunarPhase V2.70). The Pro version offers more features than LunarPhase V2.70 and includes the Moon Atlas.All LunarPhase Pro clearance versions can be upgraded to the V1.78 (the latest V1.xx Pro version) release for free via the LunarPhase Pro Support Page. Items are sold "as is".

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The following pages have been updated today:News: Range of news from around the worldMars: Martian dust devils caught in action and spectacular images od Martian Mesas from the ESA's Mars Express craft.Moon: Some information about tonight's penumbral eclipse of the Moon, why astronauts need to be careful what they breath on the Moon and a video about a possible Moon sample return mission.Space

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Loads of new stories added to the News page, including several on NASA's Spitzer Telescope seeing signs of an alien asteroid belt.The Moon in the News page has also been updated with three new items and several news stories have been added to the revamped Mars page.

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The Mars Page has been revamped and old dud links have been removed with some new ones being added in.

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The following pages have been updated in the last day:NewsThe-Moon-in-the-NewsSkynotesSaturn NewsA new section has also been added to the online store which brings items from National Geographic to you.

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Earn a 30% commission on any Night Sky Observer software sold through your web site!LunarPhase Pro JupSat Pro Night Sky Observer is now offering an outstanding affiliate program, with 30% commissions, in partnership with RegNow. Regnow, a leading vendor of software fulfillment, acts as an impartial third party to guarantee sales tracking and commission payment. Regnow will send you a check

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The Space Tourism page has been updated with news of the upcoming X-Prize Cup.

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The Saturn News page has been updated with a new story:The ringed planet wears a broad grin in this image from Cassini, as the icy rings cast long, sweeping shadows across the northern hemisphere. Fantastic details are visible in the bright and dark of the gas giant's many cloud bands, and the thin rings slice the scene in two.

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The Moon In The News page has been updated:Researchers find ideal spot for moon base See also: Scientists find perfect spot for moon base and Sunny spot picked out for future lunar base Researchers have identified what may be the perfect place for a Moon base, a crater rim near the lunar north pole that's in near-constant sunlight yet not far from suspected stores of water ice.

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The News page has been updated with several new stories including:What is time? The concept of time is self-evident. An hour consists of a certain number of minutes, a day of hours and a year of days. But we rarely think about the fundamental nature of time. Flying a Science Lab to Mars How do you follow a flat-out success like the Mars Exploration Rovers, still cruising Mars after all these

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LunarPhase Pro V2.20 is finally here. I didn't get as many changes in as I wanted but, rather than waiting longer to release a new version, I've put this one out.Please note that this upgrade is for Version 2 users only. Just click the Check for Upgrade button on the About screen in LunarPhase Pro.If you're a V1.xx user, you can download the V1.78 upgrade from the LunarPhase Pro Support page. If

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